Cruise Ship: CARONIA

DESCRIPTION

A pampering existence awaits on a voyage to enticing destinations. Exquisite single-seating dining and your personal haven at sea. SVF Cruises can offer some great Cunard discount cruises.

FACILITIES

Facilities: Indoor and outdoor swimming pools; Caronia Spa with enlarged gym and sauna; a business centre with fax machines and word processors; a library with 400+ titles available via CD-ROM; beauty salon; barber shop; Regent Shops; Book Shop; Computer Learning Centre; Tours and Excursions Office; Lido Cafe; cocktail lounges; English pub; casino; theatre and a Grand Ballroom that can accommodate all passengers simultaneously. The Piccadilly Club, a nightclub that offers theatre-in-the-round, connects by a spiral staircase to the outdoor Sports Deck immediately below.

SPECIFICATIONS

Christened: May 15, 1973
Former Name: Vistafjord
Refit and Renamed: December 10, 1999 by Pamela Conover, COO, Cunard Line
Tonnage: 24,492 tons
Length: 627 feet
Width: 82 feet
Draft: 27 feet
Original Cost: More than $40 million
Built By: Swan Hunter Shipbuilders, Ltd., Newcastle-on-Tyne, England
Owned By: Cunard Line
Registry: Bahamas
Passenger Capacity: 665
Crew Capacity: 379
Crew Nationality: Officers: British/Norwegian
Crew: European
Speed: 20 knots
Cruising Range: 13,000 miles
Number of Decks: Nine
Elevators: Six
Fresh Water: 50,000 gallons of fresh water are produced daily by generators powered by the exhaust from the main engines, auxiliary engines and boilers, in addition to fresh water brought on board in port.

Stateroom Features: Stateroom Features: 375 staterooms; 302 doubles; 73 singles. Eleven new luxury suites added. All staterooms have fully equipped bathrooms with shower; many provide baths as well. All feature automatic key pad-lock safes, refrigerators, hair dryers, video cassette recorders, ship-to-shore telephone facilities and individually controlled air conditioning. Four cabins on Main Deck and Upper Deck have been modified to accommodate passengers with disabilities.

Passenger Return Ratio: More than 50 per cent of the passengers on most cruises have sailed with Cunard before; on some cruises the ratio is as high as 80 per cent.